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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1876
Page
4
A Reconstruction era poem praises the United States and its enduring republic while urging future generations to honor freedom and virtue. The second narrative follows Becky Dundarson, a patient wife who endures her husband Jack’s selfish stinginess. Becky quietly orchestrates a transformative scene, teaching him through hardship and new work arrangements that prudent abundance and shared labor can redeem a marriage and family.
Exhibits include a Russian silverware display a French iron building and a Concord battle account. Garibaldi statue and Nydia Truth sculptures attract admirers. Indiana archaeology, Marine Band concerts, glass signs, and a lace bark hat exhibit draw crowds while a Vatican mosaics room showcases Rome. A misread scene prompts jokes about Moses in the bulrushes as visitors discuss.
The piece argues against rural resistance to schooling focusing on agriculture. It cites a farmer who rejected schooling but notes his son became a respected professional. It laments prejudice against science and natural history and urges curiosity about chemistry geology botany and grasses as essential for welfare and happiness.
An 19th century column praises shade tolerant plants like morning glory Adonis pansy Calliopsis and others for windowside beds with tips on sowing timing watering and protection. It closes with a quip about a Supreme Court of Connecticut decision counting ballots with misspelled names for a candidate, illustrating voting flaws and humor.
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